Cool Cabbage Varieties You Should Know and Grow
Is your farm operation in need of new and different cabbage varieties to round out your crop portfolio? Scan the photo gallery below for a selection of fresh choices from leading seed breeders and distributors.
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Acclaim (American Takii, Inc., Gowan Seed Company)
Disease package: IR: Foc, T: Heat
‘Acclaim’ is a hybrid green cabbage with large solid heads. It works best from cool to warm season harvest. Matures in 75 days.
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Bellicose (SEEDWAY, LLC)
Disease package: HR: Foc, IR: Xcc
Main season variety with dual purpose as a fresh market boxing and slaw. A very upright variety with a vigorous growth habit and dense interior structure. High yields, excellent uniformity, and a strong root system. Try Bellicose in the Carolinas and north where its strong root system will help it stand up to the worst weather. Matures in 81 days.
https://www.seedway.com/product/bellicose-cabbage-treated-seed/
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Blue Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Rupp Seeds)
Disease package: Xcc, BS, TpB, FY
Early main season hybrid, excellent appearance, disease tolerance and excess moisture tolerance. Excellent for fresh market or slaw. Matures in 80 days, from transplant.
https://www.ruppseeds.com/vegetables/products/cabbage/hybrid/blue-vantage
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Cali (Hazera Seeds USA)
Disease package: HR: Foc
‘Cali’ is an early flexible variety, that works well in Summer and Autumn. Ideal for fresh market, with very uniform heads. The average head weight is 3 to 5 pounds. Matures in 80 days, from transplant.
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Caraflex (Bejo Seeds, Johnny's Selected Seeds)
‘Caraflex’ has extremely uniform, small heads with good wrapper leaves. In the UK, they are harvested early in the season, before they have fully headed, and sold as "spring greens." This variety works very well at high density planting to produce mini-sized heads. Available in organic and conventional seed. Matures in 68 days.
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Grand Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Gowan Seed Company)
Disease package: HR: Foc: (1)
‘Grand Vantage’ has a strong frame, tight wrapper leaves and excellent holding ability. An attractive green hybrid with round, dense solid heads. Matures in 80 to 85 days.
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Green Challenger F1 (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Harris Seeds / Garden Trends Inc.)
Disease package: HR: FY
A blue-green fresh market cabbage. It has very dense, upright globe-shaped heads set on medium plants. The uniform 3 to 4 pound heads have great wrap, nice internal quality, and hold well in the field. Heads are firm with crisp leaves and mild flavor. Matures in 75 days.
https://www.harrisseeds.com/products/13252-cabbage-green-challenger-f1?variant=39639418503240
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Manessa RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
Disease package: HR: Foc (1)
‘Manessa RZ’ is a multi-use hybrid green cabbage (for box market or processing). It is stable under stressful conditions and uniform under different planting densities. Matures in 62 to 95 days, depending on growing season.
https://www.rijkzwaanusa.com/find-your-variety/cabbage/manessa-rz
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Omero (SEEDWAY, LLC)
Disease package: IR: BLS, AB, TB
‘Omero’ is one of the earliest red cabbage varieties. Despite being early it holds exceptionally well in the field. It’s perfect for markets needing a smaller uniform head. Depending on spacing and where it is grown, ‘Omero’ will average 2 to 3.5 pounds. The plant is compact and adapted to 8 inch in-row spacing. Matures in 71 days.
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Osceola (Sakata Seed America)
Disease package: IR: Xcc, HR: Foc: (1)
‘Osceola’ is a large green cabbage that serves dual purpose (for processor and fresh market). This cabbage has a vigorous plant frame, good field holding, mid-late maturity.
https://sakatavegetables.com/vegetable/cabbage/cabbage-green/osceola/
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Platinum Dynasty (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Disease package: IR: Foc, Xcc, T: TB
‘Platinum Dynasty’ is an early main-season variety. It has improved hybridity, excellent uniformity of heavy heads and good holding ability. It’s widely adapted, and matures in 65 to 70 days.
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Roadie F1 (Hazera Seeds USA, Inc., Harris Seeds / Garden Trends Inc., Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Disease package: HR: Foc, FY, IR: Xcc
‘Roadie’ is an early maturing hybrid that has great vigor. The heads are solid with a deep-red color that average 4 to 6 pounds. Matures in 70 to 80 days.
https://us.stokeseeds.com/cabbage-0250200.html
https://www.harrisseeds.com/products/13246-cabbage-roadie-f1?variant=39639417913416
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Stellar Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Rupp Seeds)
Disease package: Xcc, FY (1)
A mid-late maturing hybrid, with compact heads and short cores. ‘Stellar Vantage’ offers nice, dense heads and has good field-holding ability. Matures in 85 days, from transplant.
https://www.ruppseeds.com/vegetables/products/cabbage/hybrid/stellar-vantage
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Swingma RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
Disease package: HR: Foc: (1)
‘Swingma RZ’ is an adaptable cabbage suitable for fresh-cut and processing markets with a short core and mild flavor. It keeps a round shape at various planting densities. This hybrid has strong vigor and nice wrapper foliage (through all growing seasons) and can be harvested from early-to-late season. Matures in 70 to 90 days, depending on growing conditions.
https://www.rijkzwaanusa.com/find-your-variety/cabbage/swingma-rz
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Tiara (Bejo Seeds, Johnny's Selected Seeds)
‘Tiara’ produces beautiful, on average 1 to 2 pound round heads. This cabbage works very well at high density planting to produce mini-sized heads. It’s available as organic or conventional seeds. Matures in 63 days.
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Acclaim (American Takii, Inc., Gowan Seed Company)
Bellicose (SEEDWAY, LLC)
Blue Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Rupp Seeds)
Cali (Hazera Seeds USA)
Caraflex (Bejo Seeds, Johnny's Selected Seeds)
Grand Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Gowan Seed Company)
Green Challenger F1 (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Harris Seeds / Garden Trends Inc.)
Manessa RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
Omero (SEEDWAY, LLC)
Osceola (Sakata Seed America)
Platinum Dynasty (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Roadie F1 (Hazera Seeds USA, Inc., Harris Seeds / Garden Trends Inc., Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Stellar Vantage (Sakata Seed America, Rupp Seeds)
Swingma RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
Tiara (Bejo Seeds, Johnny's Selected Seeds)
Disease Abbreviation Key:
AB – Alternaria Brassicicola, dark leaf spot
Foc – Fusarium, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.congutinans
FY – Fusarium yellows, caused by fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (Brassicaceae)
HR – High resistance
IR – Intermediate resistance
Pb – Lettuce root aphid, caused by insect, Pemphigus burarius
T – Tolerance
TB – Tip burn
TpB – Tip burn physiological disorder
TT – Thrip tolerant
Va – Verticillium wilt, caused by fungus Verticullium alboatrum
Xcc – Black rot, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris
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Carol Miller is the editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.